The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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For the song by Faith No More, see King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. For the Gotham episode, see The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (Gotham).
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket by James McNeill Whistler. Whistler sued Ruskin over his criticism of the painting.
Butterflies designed for the illustration of the book (c. 1890)

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies is a book by the painter James McNeill Whistler, published in 1890. The book was in part a response to, in part a transcript of, Whistler's famous libel suit against critic John Ruskin. Ruskin, in a review of the inaugural showing at the Grosvenor Gallery, had referred to Whistler's painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face".[1] The book contains Whistler's letters to newspapers chronicling his many petty grievances against various acquaintances and friends.

Whistler biographer Stanley Weintraub suggests the book was controversial enough that Whistler might have been better known for it than for his art at the time of his death.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hewison, Robert. John Ruskin. Oxford University Press, 2007. pg. 98
  2. ^ Weintraub, Stanley. Whistler: A Biography. De Capo Press, 2001: xi. ISBN 0-306-80971-0

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